Isaac Weeks

I usually wait until the final paragraph before finally telling you whether the film I am reviewing is actually good or not. It’s pretty much the number one trick of the trade. This time, however, I can’t hold it back.

You could spend your time in a vampire apocalypse (Stake Land), or watch circus folk fall for each other and a pachyderm (Water For Elephants), but your best bet might be watching yourself get sold (Pom Wonderful Presents: The Greatest Movie Ever Sold).

The most adventurous sci-fi film to be released since District 9, it is also the best war film since Saving Private Ryan. If there has been a movie released this year that was worth the cost of admission, this is it.

Post-Oscars it looks like the studios have some good ones for us. This week we have aliens attacking Los Angeles, a modern telling of a fairy tale, big names in a mobster flick, and horses, broadswords and pestilence.

Being released this week, we have a sci-fi rom-com (is that really a term?) starring Matt Damon, a coming of age comedy with Toper Grace and a shockingly violent Korean thriller. So what should you watch this weekend?